turquoise
(tɜːʳkwɔɪz )
Word forms: turquoises
1. colour B2
Turquoise or turquoise blue is used to describe things that are of a light greenish-blue colour.
...a clear turquoise sea.
2. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] B2
Turquoise is a bright blue stone that is often used in jewellery.
...beautiful silver and turquoise jewelry and pottery.
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Collocations:
turquoise water
Dolphins surrounded our boat, green turtles emerged from impossibly turquoise water and flying fish skedaddled past.
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Nor, to be fair, would the translucent turquoise water or the warm tropical breeze.
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Concentrate instead on the dolphins playfully splashing out by the colourful reef, which encloses some of the most perfect turquoise water you'll ever have seen.
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An oil slick stains the turquoise water between the islands.
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It comes with two colourful bedrooms and a comfortable lounge looking out across the turquoise water — it can sleep up to six people.
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Translations:
Chinese: 绿松色的, 绿松石
Japanese: 青緑色の, トルコ石